Boston Mayors Push Primary Reform Amid Caucus Woes
Josiah Quincy presided as Boston mayor at a National Conference on Primary Election Reform. Oscar Straus and other leaders were elected to guide the National Primary Election League, advocating nonpartisan caucus reform and secret ballots akin to election day.
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York
Josiah Quincy
Ayor
Boston
Gsion
National Conference
Turkey
Oscar Jaus
Tanner
Illinois
Ecretary of
The
Treasury
Gage
Ayor Quincy
Edward Lauterbach
Publican County Committee
Tammany Hall
Oscar R. Straus
New York
Bos
Charles Emery Ith
Philadelphia
C. Flower
New Orleans
Joh M. Easley
Chicago
Roin B. James
Forged Note Forgiven as Lawrence Man Released
A Lawrence man freed from the House of Correction after serving a sentence for uttering a forged note. He is described as in delicate health and his act reportedly occurred while intoxicated.
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Fred G. Er
Lawrence
House of Correction
Tragic sledding accident claims 77 year old man
In Anchester Vermont on January 21 Ernest Wells, 77, son of Amos Wells, fell from a sled while coasting and was killed. The report notes the fatality occurred during a routine winter activity and identifies the deceased and his family.
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Anchester
Ernest
Amos Wells
Luetgert Testimony Details Marriages and Wealth
Luetgert testifies about his marriages, noting a 1872 union with Paule Ruelke and a 1879 second marriage to Wilhelmina Mueller, with a 90 000 dollar net worth excluding real estate. He also mentions a 1878 remarriage to Louise Bickner as he recounts life before the Mrs. Luetgert disappearance and his business start in 1889.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Paule Ruelke
Harmon
Scollay Square Station Site Acquired at 77 Court Street
The Boston Transit Commission has acquired estate 77 Court Street for a planned Scollay square station. It fronts 22 feet on Court and 32 on Brattle, a small brick building on 640 square feet, assessed at 45 400, with a purchase price believed above that figure. Nothing succeeds in removing coughs and colds like Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
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Boston Transit Commission
Court Street
Scollay Square
Commission
Fifty Associates
Brattle Street
Dr. Bull
Phelan in Woonsocket Shows 240 Heart Beats a Minute
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on January 21 John Phelan is seriously ill with pneumonia. Dr Baxter reports his heart has pounded at 240 beats per minute for two days, calling 120 a high record and saying he has never seen such a rate before.
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Woonsocket
R. I
John Phelan
Baxter
Phelan
Pehlan
Ex President Cleveland Buys Game Preserve Near Princeton
Former President Cleveland establishes a private game preserve on the Van Kirk farm near Princeton. The 85 acre site, suited for quail and pheasant, will be managed with help from local farmers and near-by preserves run by Pierre Lorillard and Colonel A. R. K user. The purchase price is reported as 700 dollars.
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Trenton
N.xt
Cleveland
van Kirk
Princeton
Pierre Lorillard
A. R. Kuser
Sheridan Club Roxbury Holds Monthly Meeting
The H V Sheridan Club of Roxbury meets at Hibernian Hall 67 Hampden Street on Sunday with the annual installation of officers at 2 30 followed by entertainment by the literary committee.
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Dty H. V. Sheridan Club
Roxbury
Hibernian
Martian Invasion Threatens Boston With Heat Ray Destruction
A 1898 sensational tale depicts Martians arriving from cylinders, attacking Concord and Boston. They unleash heat rays, silencing batteries, destroying ships like the Constitution, and battering Bunker Hill monument as Boston braces for total devastation.
Martian Inferno Destroys Mystic Wharf Sheds
A Martian rampage leaves a trail of destruction across Bunker Hill and Mystic Wharf. The creature tears through a dozen houses then hits the sheds on Mystic Wharf, igniting a mass of flames that consumes coal cars and piled coal.
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Bunker Hill Street
Mystic Wharf
New York Milliner to Marry a Philadelphia Millionaire
Albany socialite Miss Elizabeth Cooper Pruyn, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Pruyn, engaged to Philadelphia millionaire Mitchell Harrison. The match, noted for social prominence, altered her plan to start a millinery business after moving to New York and assisting leading milliners.
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New York
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Cooper Pruyn
Albany
Mitchell Harrison
Pruyn
Frank Pruyn
Four Hundred
Harrison
Miss Burnell's Suit Heads to Open Commission
Justice Fitzsimmons reserved decision in New York City today on William F. Coles request for an open commission to take Boston testimony in the $50,000 breach of promise suit by Blanche L. Burnell. Coles says post engagement facts justified breaking off the engagement. witness names are not listed. Burnell's counsel opposed the commission.
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New York
Justice Fitzsimmons
William F. Coles
Boston
Coles
Blanche L. Burnell
Miss Burnell
Burnell
Valentine Spahn Ends Life After Wife’s Death
Valentine Spahn age 76 shot himself in his basement room at No 260 West 123rd Street in New York. He lived with his widowed daughter Mrs Lucy Hartman and her two children. Two years earlier Mrs Spahn, called Mother, died and misfortune followed.
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New York
Valentine Spahn
West One Hundred and Twenty-third Street
Lucy Hartman
Mystery Note Found With Extra Plate At Hartman Home
Mrs Hartman discovered an extra plate and a napkin marked mothers beside a chair near the table. She heard a shot in her fathers bedroom earlier and later found a crumpled note under the mothers plate reading Dear Lucy Dont mind Mother and I will eat with you just the same.
Mrs. Augusta Nack Suffer Heart Disease at Auburn Prison
Auburn prison doctors report Mrs. Augusta Nack suffers heart disease and excessive nervousness. Despite calm exterior she is near collapse with a heart condition that could be fatal at any time. She will assist the chief cook in the hospital kitchen for now and may later become a nurse.
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Auburn
N. Y
Augusta Nack
Sold His Two Daughters to Pay Debts at Island Wedding
Joseph Folk of Toledo sold his two daughters on Kelley's Island to satisfy a $50 debt each. After abandoning his family in Poland and losing his wife, Folk borrowed money to bring them to America and repay the lenders. Mary Folk, 16, wed Joseph Hidock. Anne Folk married Peter Mille.
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Toledo
Kelley's Island
Joseph Folk
Folk
Poland
America
Peter Mille
Joseph Hidock
Mary Folk
Hidock
Anne
Mille
Populist Candidate Denied Divorce Over Teasing
W S Scott who ran for US Representative on the Populist ticket sought a divorce from his wife alleging she teased him about his defeat until his life was endangered. Judge Sloan refused the divorce stating the teasing did not undermine his health enough to endanger his life.
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Centreville
W. S. Scott
United States
Sloan
Woman Lawyer Goes Mad in Berlin
Berlin January 21 Frau Emile Kem pin has become insane. She passed an examination for doctor of law at Zurich in 1887 and afterwards taught privately in America.
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Berlin
Emile Kempin
Zurich
America
Despondent Medford Man Shoots Self in Crawford House
Russell Smith 35, salesman for Russell Snow & Davis at 28 Summer Street, took his own life in a Crawford House room Thursday night. A chamber maid found his body at 11 am with an 82 caliber revolver on the bed. Police report no witnesses to the shot. This marks a third self-inflicted death in the same room.
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Russell Smith
Medford
Crawford
Summer Street
Daley Found Guilty in Haverhill Manslaughter Trial
In Salem Superior Court William Daley of Haverhill was found guilty of manslaughter for the Dec 28 stabbing death of his brother-in-law William Dolan. Dennis Harrington testified Daley admitted the killing. Daley claimed Dolan choked him during a quarrel. The jury delivered the verdict at 3:05 p.m.
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Salem
William Daley
Haverhill
William Dolan
Dolan
Dennis Harrington
Daley
Man Kills Himself After Attempted Family Murder
Leonard Paul F. Leonard, an electric car conductor, shot himself at his boarding house after trying to murder his wife and their 3-year-old child. Previously a military instructor, he had been drinking and was refused entry to the home earlier, then bought a 32 caliber revolver and killed himself after a confrontation with his wife.
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Providence
Paul F. Leonard
Leonard
Union Electric Road
Martian Invasion Reduces Boston to Ruins in Vast Blaze
Martians sweep across Boston destroying bridges and buildings from the Charles River to Beacon Hill. The Union Station roof collapses, the Public Library and Old South Church fall, and the Ames building endures a dramatic impact. Gas clouds drive fatalities in the subway as the city lies in ashes. To be continued tomorrow.
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Union Station
Back Bay
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Algonquin Club
Copley Square
New Old South Church
Art Museum
Trinity Church
Charles Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Frog Pond
Tremont Street
Tremont Building
King’s Chapel
Parker House
Mars
Boston
Ames
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